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We are a
leading National SACCO with a membership of over 13,000 spread across Kenya.

The SACCO
is seeking to fill the following vacant positions to be based in Nairobi,
Kenya.

Chief Executive Officer

Reporting
to the Board of Directors, the CEO will be responsible for ensuring profitable
growth of the SACCO and ensuring that key pillars of the SACCO namely efficiency
in operation, effective customer service, transparency and accountability are
upheld.

Key Responsibilities:

Job Profile

Lead the
implementation of the transformation strategy with the Board and proactively
provide insights and direction to the implementation of committed and planned
projects on time and budget.

Establishing
effective internal monitoring and control systems in executing the strategy

Oversee
resource mobilization planning and implementation, including identifying
resource requirements, researching all project financial funding competitively
with the right mix of financing

Oversee
execution of management and financial accounting roles and ensure ICT is
leveraged in support of operation effectiveness

Oversee
lean, safe and effective operations of the Sacco in generating assets, ensuring
embedment of best operational practices across the business value chain

Help shape
regulatory evolution in the Sacco sector and maintain very strong relationships
with key stakeholders both local and international on all planned Sacco
capacity expansion

Ensure the
Sacco compliance with applicable statutory, legal and regulatory requirements
and standards and manage existing and emerging business risks

Develop and
nurture a dynamic and competent workforce through a robust performance-driven
culture

Implement
Board decisions efficiently and effectively informing the Board in all
strategic aspects of the Sacco

Formulate
and implement best practice management principles and effective communication
between the Management/Staff and the Board of Directors so as to promote
ethical practices and good corporate citizenship

Act as a
principal spokesperson for the organization and its mission, ensure that
products and services are consistently presented in a strong positive image to
relevant stakeholders

Qualifications and Experience

Person Profile

Demonstrated
distinguished leadership with a track record of achievement in the Financial
sector or private sector backed with a minimum seven (7) years in senior management
roles

A
transformative and change leader, keen on detail and strict deadlines with
undisputable respect and integrity

Track
record of strong management and leadership skills with a high degree of
accountability

Demonstrate
good working knowledge and experience in developing and implementing strategic
plans, and management policies, strategies and systems

Highly
analytic and strategic with the ability to appreciate the big picture and
context, and effectively implement the same in practical terms

Education Profile

A holder of
a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business Management, Commerce, Economics or
other business related degree from a reputable/recognized university.

A certified
CPA (K)/ACCA.

A Master’s
degree preferably in Strategic management is an added advantage.

Membership
to relevant professional body is a requirement

Systems Administrator

Overall Purpose of the Job

The systems
Administrator’s role is to design, install, administer, and optimize the Sacco
servers and related components to achieve high performance of various business
applications supported by tuning the servers as necessary.

This
includes ensuring the availability of client/server applications, configuring
all new applications, developing processes and procedures for the server
environment.

The Systems
Administrator will assist in overseeing the physical and logical security,
integrity, and safety of the data center.

He/She will
participate in technical research and development to enable continuing
innovation within the Sacco.

He/She will
assist project teams with technical issues in the Initiation, Planning and
Implementation phases of the Sacco’s IT Project Management.

The key
activities include technical analysis and design; and support of operations
staff in executing, testing and rolling-out the solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Develop
strategies for client/server implementations: architect the infrastructure
required to support those strategies

Act as
project lead in the design and review of new server systems, applications, and
hardware; conducting capacity planning as needed

Research
and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system
administration tasks. Identifying approaches that leverage the Sacco resources
and provide economies of scale

Perform
daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all
hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and
application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs